How do I create a negative of an svg file

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

You are correct. What you see above is only a change to how we represent the view in ‘Preview’, so you can more easily visualize the laser effect on dark materials. This does not change your output.

Is this a ‘Fill’ layer you want to make negative? If so, this should help in understanding how LightBurn uses boundaries to define what get filled.

How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?

If you want to invert a vector engraving (Fill layer) you need to add an outline to it. Think about what happens when you scan a circle, compared to the letter ‘O’. The inner ring of the O toggles the fill. If you add another shape (like a square) outside it, it negates the whole thing: [image] And a slightly different example, this time done by changing the outer line around the design to a ‘Line’, instead of leaving it as part of the Fill layer: [image] In the case above, the design alr…